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TRI-WEEKLY E)ITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., AUGUST 17, 8195. ESTABLISHED 1844
Detailed Account of the Butchery of
Christians in China,
THRILLING TALES BY SURVIVORS
Only One American, 3isn M1abel C. Hart
ford, Was Hurt, But Nine British Sub
jects Were Brutally Killed--- Many
Wounded and 3luch Property Destroyed
---Fanatics Perpetrated the Atrocities.
Dr. Gregory. an American missionary, who
escaped from Kucheng. China, gives the fol
lowing account of the massacre there to the
representative of the New York World in
Foochow:
"At 12.30 p. m. on Thursday. August 1, a
native Christian rushed into my study, say
ing that several of the foreign ladies at
Hwasang, a mountain resort four puo (about
twelve miles) from th. city of Kucheng, had
been killed that morning, and that two
houses had been burned. Fifteen minutes
liter a note from Mr. Phillips confirmed this.
11H wroto that five ladies were dead, the
Stewarts were missing and four persons were
seriously wounded. He expressed the hope
that I was then on my way to Hwasang.
"I immediately went into the Yamen, where
hundreds of excited natives had already
gathered, and requested the district magis
trate, Uong. to send some scldiers at once to 1
Hwasang to protect those .till living. In
half an hour the magistrate went to Hwasang i
under an escort of about sixty soldiers.
"At 3 p. m I left Kueheng City under an
escort of thirteen soldiers, arriving at Hwa- I
sang at 8 p. in.. to find that nine adults, all i
British subjects. hal been murdereo., and
that all those still alive at H wasang-eight N
only-had been more or less severely injured,
excepting Mr. Phillips. who arrived there
only two or three days before, and was lod
ing at a native house some (.istance from the t
English cottages.
NATIVES OF KUCHENG. OF THE TTPE Wj
THE CHRISTIA
"I derlaye inlaig-" en.oigt
th fattattecol-rfue o ar
chis.O m rrvl ett wr t ak/
theinnreI s cmfrtaleas osibl./
as-sIn eared ith laidnt Suhe recived to
theslight etat the cob1" of hed hto arr waI
(thar.own m th rivnd, etn bo thae <
ther inxremi s ofand" e boy Wile the
Mieers Maen.gate.1 in th ata arh - it
vant igrapphe ol wit'tersilanan re ring i
stae atve hoissoa-twtford rodsaped.
the Etlihs ki'ds woutrht Mad Mrs on
asan rnule wr-h ardt whoel rciedn
aslt c in the lorno thou" Ih alrbbl i'a
ithewn ereth mrurdere bfrth housth 1
"iuu'ir s igu m nrhi wattank by mem
therstrugthe se sotyfr knonasthiV. e
a'ike th o Chistians andiit r hathnd inrnd.
tartn-ll Saen:b: City.a elow
anFromh varous wrport holly whncaw
th-rattac in h bu!ied thatS abou e~ighlme
ie-- tengge' Te w'r .rlbfere atmed houth
;lanie friertfue m:cr lea-le ie
"T~he'atta'k came like a tudr~ u
of a clear sky, not onue of the vietimus having
the slightest intimation of the intention to
assault them. Thirty minutes from the time
the onslaught commirencedl not a s ngle Vege
tarinun wvas to be seen near the grounds of
the massaieIr'.
"31is" Codington tells me that the ladies
were tirst se'izeAd and told that they wore to
be bound and tak''n away into captivity. Af
terwards several faint-heart ed attempts were
made to kill th''m when they pleaded for
their lives. At this time the leader apipeaired
upon the scene, and noting the wavering of
of the gang. shouted out to them: 'You know
your orders. Kill them outright!' These
orders were at once obeyed.
"It is obvious to all wvho have given the
matter much thought that China has been en
couraged to continue to be slack in caring
for foreigners' lives and property within her
territory by the fact that heretofore a money
indemnity'has been accepted as the price of
foreign blood spilt by murdurous subjects.
"Just as long as the foreign Powers are
satisfied with such a sett lement of this wan
ton, barbarous destruction of life, just so
long will China fail to govern her people as
-she should govern them in this enlightened
century. J. J. GRaooRY."
MABEL HARTFORD'S STATEMENT.
A Loyal Servant Saved Her From a ChI
nese Assassin's Spear.
Miss Mlabel C. Hartford, the only Ameri
can at Hwasang at the time of the massacre,
-makes the following statement:
"August 1, at 7.30 a. in., I heard shouts.
They-were the yells of servants, who rushed
in shouting to me to get up, for the Vege
tarians were coming, tearing down the
houses on the hill belonging to the English
Mission. A few minutes later a teacher
came to my door and to'ld me to run. I put
on my clothes and rushed to the door. I was
The 1anathenaic Sbdihutn ait Athenu
h'as been restored through I the miuniti
cence of a wealthy (Grek of Al
audria, George Awer'.T. i'n view
tile celeberation :d. Athis ned i r
of the internamtionaml Olympt iL ums.
The whole of the sphenem;a nt hbeen
adorned with a covering ot ma rue.
A O'hicago paper says that the man,
afsc~ares of that city are worth $600,
met by a man with a trident spear, w
yelled:
"'Here is a foreign woman.'
'He pointed the spear at my chest. I
twisted it to one side and it just grazed my
ear and head. He threw me to the ground
and beat me with the wooden end of the
spear. A servaat came and wrenched the
spear away. thcu told me to run.
"I jumped down the embankment and ran
along the road. A servant came and pullhd
me along until I got up on the side of the
hill. I then lay down there to get more
breath. After resting twice I reached a se
:luded spot and lay there.
"All this time the yells went on and two
ouses were burning to the ground. After a
xvhile the yells stopped. I supposed the Veg
-tarians had gone away. A servant went I I)
;ee how matters were. He returned in half
mn hour, telling me to come home, that five
adies of the English Mission had been
illed and somehad been wounded, but that
ny house-a rented native house-had not
)een troubled at all.
"I went home to find Miss Codrington
nuch cut about the head and beaten all
ver: Mildred Stewart. twelve years old,
rith knee cut and bleeding very hard: Her
)ert Stewart, six years ohl. cut on the headI
md almost dead; Baby Stewart. with on:
ye black and swollen: the second Steward
girI, Kathleen, eleven year old, with theo
;econd boy, Evan. threo years old, wer',
eaten and pierced with a spear, but not
;eriously injured. The boy vomitted all
lay, but we thougnt it was from fright."
MORE MISSIONS ATTACKED,
Enfurlated Mob Demollshes Ainerican and
British Hospitals.
A Hong Kong special says that the British
md American Missions at Fat-Shan. near
Ianton, were attacked by a large and infuri
Lted mob, and the hospitals were demol
shed.
Some of the missionaries fled to Shameen, 1:
rhile ot hers remained. A Chinese gunboat
tas been despatched to quell the riot.
It is reported that all the missions at
Ewantung will soon he destroyed and the V
nissionaries driven to the treaty ports. V
The Vegetarians are 12,000 strong and
rell armed and organized and able to with
tar.d the Chinese troops.
A later dispatch from Foochow. China,
ays: Baby Stewart is dead, the eleventh vic
im of the massacre of missionaries by the
hinese at Hwasang. One of the murderers
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f the Stewarts has heen caught and con
esses that they cut oft the hands, feet and
mend of the wife. Mrs. Stewart was frenzied
nd fought till hacked to pieces.
Amercans at Shanghai have sent a cable e
Lespatch to President Cleveland protesting
ainst the action of Minister Denby in con- r
ent.ing that a Brii~ish Consul should repre
et the United States at the inquiry into o
e outrages on Christians at Kucheng. fi
'hey recommend in the despatch that the u
ommission of inquiry be reformed, and that
m American offieial of adequate rank be
nade a member of it, while Chmnese officials fi
$'ho were in any way implicated in the inas
;mcres be excluded. The despatch also
res that the Cva,'mission be escorted to
jchenir by marijes.
The British warship Rainbow was ordered
o Foo-Cho'v to protect foreigners. The
Linted States man-of-war Detroit arrived
here to afford protection to Americans.
JULY CROP CONDITIONS.
rhe Lowest Cotton Average Ever Reported
---Other Crop Conditions.
The August report of the statistician of the a
Department of Agriculture shows a reduc
tion in the condition of cotton during the y
month of July from82.3to77.9, or 4.4 points.
his is the lowest average for August ever
reported, being a half point lower than the
nverage for August. 1893. The reason
for low condition generally given by corre-e
$pondents is excessive moisture, though in
South Carolina drought seems to be the
principal cause of injury. There is much
complaint of grass, and not a little of r ast,
blight worms, and insect enemies of the I
plant. The State averages of condition are:
Vi rginia, 81: North Carolina, 74: South Caro
lina, 81: Georgia, 87; Florida, 92; Alabama,
81: Mississippi. 83; Louisiana, 71; Texas, 71;
Arkansas, 80; Tennessee. 89.
The returns show an improvement in the
condition of corn about three points during
the month of July. or from 99.3 to 102.5.
The condition of spring wheat has fallen
since last report 6.3 points, being 95.9, against
102.2 for the month of July.
The condition of oats has advanced 1.3
points since last report, being 84.5. against
83.2 July 1.
Spring rye condition is 84, against 77 in
July last. Barley has fallen to 87.2 from
91.9 in July; tobacco to 82.7. against
5.9 at that date, and 74.9 in August,
1894. Rice is 84.1; Inst year. 91;
apples, 71.2, against 44 last year;
peaches 83.3, against 22.3 last year; buck
wheat has an acreage of 96.5 per cent. of last
year and condition 85.2. Area under hay
91.5 per cent. of 1894; condition of timothy
69.9, against 75.6 last year; product of clover
66.7, against 72.1. and quality of clover 87.3,
against 90.2 a year ago. Condition oi
pasture 77.8, last year 66. Irish potatoes,
condition 87.7, a fall of nearly 4 points from
91.5 in July.
A Great Fire in Newark.
At Newark, N. J., the plant of the Central
Stamping Company burned. The loss is
probably $500,000. The comp~anly caied
Havoc by Field Laborers.
Field laborers in Argenau, Germany, in
tevenge for grievances, fired the building~s
upon an estate there, and resisted the
ffcers. Five persons were killed and six
ounded. The buildings were destroyed
nd the horses and cattle were burned to
desa
C'ptain Th-un ,ii' .. nonry. the~ onee note'd
g:.'rrilla of F--a;to.'kv. wihi soer h-o'.me a
pmeaher
WEATHER-CROP BULLETIN
()f the South Carolina Weather and
Crop Service.
Observer Bauer issues the following
'or the week ending Monday, August
12, 1895:
There is considerable improvement
:o note in the condition of crops in
general and corn in particular over the
estern and northern counties where
he drought was partially relieved
,verywhere and in some places entire
y so, except that in Abbeville and An
lerson the showers were partial and at
)est insufficient.
There were general showers on the
)th over the upper portion of the
5tate, the rainfall amounting to from I
>ne to two inches. There was rain in
ome portion of the State every day
)f the week.
The temperature was very even,
iaving been slightly but steadily above
he usual the entire week, the excess
veraging 2 degrees per day. The
ighest temperature reported was 98
t Columbia on the 12th; the lowest 63
it Santuc on the 8th. The average I
emperature of tlie week, for the State, 2
educed from thirty-one stations j
venly distributed throughout, was 81
legrees, and the normal for the same
)eriod is approximately 79 degrees.
The sunshine ranged from 57 to 92
er cent. of the possible, with an aver- l
.ge of about 74 per cent. for the State, r
whieh is considerably in excess of the E
isual, and in places was damaging, v
where there was also excessive rain, r
ausing a steam-like vapor to rise, t
rhich was injurious to crops. There ]
ere high local winds on the 6th in I
ickens and Union Counties, and a a
everecyclonic storm in the vicinity of I
antue, Union County, on the 10th a
3aturday) that broke down a great f,
cal of corn,tore some up by the roots, t
nroofed houses, destroyed fruit, etc.
The reports on cotton show that
'hile in the main it has slightly im
roved during the week, yet in places 1\
s condition has retrograded.
Abbeville County reports rust, lice t,
nd shedding of forms and the plant n
rning yellow. Many other places t
[so report shedding. Comparing its s
resent condition with the same dates a
Lst year, the plant is from 10 days to t
weeks later, lacks uniformity of con- t
ition, and the acreage greatly reduced. c
few sections only report as fine a I
rop as last year. a
The :egular and some special re- a
orts on corn confirm the reports by K
>unties of last week, except there is 2
nsiderable improvement in the y
orthern and western counties where il
ic drought was greatly relieved, a;
hich put latest planting in a promis- al
g condition. In Anderson and Ab- ti
LCh esterield, 'Chester, Lancaster h
id Laturens the improvement is most d
Larked on bottom lands, of late plant- r
ig. Corn in those counties that was w
hllied late in May and early in June i
a failure. The average fine condi- a:
on and large acreage promises a very p
rge corn crop, much of which is al- t]
Mady made. Fodder pulling will be g
ite general this week; a great deal m
as a] ready been gathered in fine con
ition. 0
Excessive rainfall is affecting corn -
>juriously in Horry County; too lit
ec rain in the Piedmont section gen
ralls.
Tobhacco curing continues, and the r
eports all agree as to the fine quality I
this year's crop, due to both the t
tness o>f the soil for tobacco and skill ,
sed in curing.
Peas are ripening and the crop is a i
ne one in most sections, especially so
here the rains have been abundant. f
Turnip sowing continues as the con- 1
ition of the ground permits, and t
ere will be a large crop planted. f
Sugar cane and sorghum are not<
itng ver'y well. Molasses boiling has
gun ini the lower part of the State. t
The general condition of svaeet po
:ttoes shows gains, but the crop is
ate an td, comparatively, a small one,
wintg to scarcity of seed at first and
rterwards poor condition of the
roun dsh for planiing slips until quite
Igte' pear-hes and fruit generally of1
tferor <inality, except apples in An
N-rson county, which promise a full
G;ar len truck along the coast in fine
nitt ion2; elsewhere about ruined.
T' condition of rice is reported to,
e uniformly excellent,
A Fight Between CIrcus Elephmant<.
"Many men in Barnum's show re
member the fight between Dick and
Dunk, two big elephants who got into
an engagement some six years ago in
the old Madison Square Garden," said
an old circus man. "Dunk went mad
with almost no warning, and tearing
loose from his fastenings started at his
old enemy Dick. Both elephants
stood game, and with shrieks of rage
dashed at each other again and agai~n,
swinging down their trunks with the
force of falling trees and digging
their tusks into each other's flanks.
For half an hour the keepers were un
able to get them apart, for prods and
hooks were unavailing against their
blind rage, and it would have meant
certain death for an attendant to have
ventured between them. Those who
awv the fight say that the elephants
charged at each other like bulls, rush
ing together at full speed, their big
heads striking with a shock that was
felt throughout the building. Dunk
knocked his adversary down several
times, and it was only when he hadI
gained a decisive advantage in the
struggle that the keepers were able to
lead away the discomfited and badly
injured Dick. Then, with much diffi
culty, the mad elephant was secured:
with chains, and later transferred to
the Smithsonian Zoological Garden,
his temper being too violent to allow
his remaining with the cirous. "-New
York Sun.
Lndon continues to be crowtied with
A mrn
WONN'S WORLD.
[L'.EASANT LI 'ERATURE FOR
FI3lININE RIA..VERS.
THE NEW WOMAN'S GAIT.
The fashionabie feminine walk is a
iirion tbing. It is a swinging from
he hips, a throwing of both shoulders
tud arms, and a rattling pace that of
entimes puts the male companion to
als breath's limit to keep up with-it.
-New Orleans Picayune.
"THE LATEST" LONDON HAT.
The hats of fashionable English
aidias are becoming more startling as
h season advances. A fashionable
.iondon milliner displays the "very
atest" in headgear. Poised on the
rout of the hat is a dove with out
tretched wings, around a small riviere
f diamonds.
HEROIC lI=LE WOMAN.
If there is a heroic little woman-in
bis country, one of whom every
tmerica. should feel proud, it is Mrs.
osephine D. Peary, wife of Lieuten
it Peary, the Arctic explorer, and
lso a first-class Arctic explorer in her
wn right. She bad a terrifying ex
>erience in the icy latitudes of the far
forth not so long ago, bat is now
aaking ready to try another voyage.
ihe is also raising the funds where
ith to equip the ship with whichi to
escue or aid her husband, who seems
o be icebound far up in North Green
ind. She has already lectured before
irge audiences and raised a goodly
un of money and has now a sacond
cture with which she hopes to-pro
uce the amount of money required
r the expedition. -New York Adver
iser.
WOMEN ON THE BICYCLE.
There was a good deal of pith to
rs. Stanton's remark in reply -to
ishop Doane that "womenare riding
suffrage on the bicycle." They
ay not be riding to suffrage, but
ey are riding everywhere and every
hither they want to go. Certainly
ad conspicuously they are riding in
) any sort of costume it suits them
) put on. Bloomers are getting so
mmon that it seems possible that
ie untutored eye will presently dwell
pon them without a shock. The
Lore circumspect American ladies still
ep out of them, and may never
>me to prefer them to skirts, but the
oung and giddy experiment with
iem pretty freely. WA there ever
ything so efficacious to give woman
2 idea of what she could do if she
-ied as the bicfcle? SobarxnAaJn
)Ilot and the bicycle as a means f
avelopment and advancement, sile
ight better cleave to the bike. It is
orth more to her than the ballot. It
more fun, more use, less trouble,
d very much less costly. There was
ith in what Mrs. Stanton said, but is
2ere not some substance in the sug
etion that the bicycle has brought
,omen so many new opportunities
ad privileges that she never needed
r wanted the suffrage so little as now.
-Harper's Weekly.
MODELS WHO DISPLAY CLOTHES.
There are hundreds of young wo
en in New York City who make their
iving as models; one authority says
hat there are more than a thousand ;
hich estimate leads to the conclusion
hat good looks are not scarce in the
sland of Manhattan, for these young
;omen owe success entirely to their
ie physique. The models here al
uded to are not those who sit to ar
its, and whose charms are trans
erred to canvas, but those who try
a suits, silk waists, jackets, cloaks
.nd capes for the benefit of the cus-:
omers in the stores and dressmaking:
stabl ishments.
The more exclusive and expensive
d the uptown women's tailors all em
loy models to display their gowns.
Che best firms in the shopping dis
rets have them, but the great major
ty of models find occupation in the
yig wholesale houses in middle and
ower Broadway, a number of firms in
hat vicinity employing as many as a
lozen the whole year round. The av
trage downtown model is paid from
12 to $15 a week, but an unusually
peasing subject may command as high
s $18. Those in the big retail estab
shments who combine the office of
model with that of a saleswoman get
The available model must measure
:hirt-six inches about the bust and
wenty-three or twenty-four around
;he wvaist, her height being in propor
on, the trying on of gowns and
~loaks for women built on a less lib
eral plan being intrusted to the
uisses' models; that is, to unformed
irls fourteen to fifteen years old.
Nekw York Tribune.
THE WOMAN DOCTOR.
The woman doctor is already an ac
complished faot, but as yet she has ap
parently made no considerable way in
public favor. It may be contended
that there is something in the art of
healing in accord with the primary
instincts of a woman's nature. But if
we look closer into the subject, it will
be seen that there is more than mere
prejudice and long-established custom
to account for the exclusion of the
female sex in the past from the prac.
tice of this calling. Have women the
calmness of nerve-the aplomb, so to
say-the steadiness of hand and pulse
for the work of the surgeon? Is it
possible to suppose that a non-abnor
ml woman, with her more highly
strung constitutional senaihility, could
amputate a limb with the same imper
turbability that we should look for in
the male operator?
To this it may be replied that, grant
ing a certain daawback to women by
reason of sex in the matter of surgical
ex ertness, the case is different with
+he "meti" of the physicia. and~
that here, at least, the sexes can con
pete oc terms of perfect equality. Yet
again, as a matter of plain fact, ar
the services of lady doctors much i
request with their own sex-nay, evei
in those branches of the therapeuti
art dealing with specially feminine ail
ments? Moreover, ;if the advance
woman's theory of exact professiona
,quality and indifference as to sex i
to be maintained, why should any bar
rier suggest itself to the consultatioi
of medical women by men, any mor
than now exists to the calling in b2
women of the male practitioner? Ba
is there no such barrier? Surely th(
mere statement of the case disposes o
the parity argument,
We have heard of a man here anu
there resorting to lady experts in mas
safge, but that men should go to womet
doctors and lay bare their bodily symp
toms in the same way as women hav<
done from time immemorial to theii
male medical advisers, would be a pro
cedufe repugnant on both sides, an
"not convenient" for obvious reasons.
Here, then, while admitting that i
sprinkling of females may, perhaps,
usefully find their mission in obtain
ing employment as doctors among v
limited number of their own sex, w(
are brought face to face with the eter
nal and immutable disparity of sex. -
The Scottish Review.
FASMON NOTES.
Basket-woven linen duck is much
used for vests.
Silks in solid colors are invariably
trimmed with rich jet and guipure ef
fects.
The newest thing in crepon is semi
transparent. It is wool, and of very
light weight.
Surplice folds, those quaint garni
tures of our grandmothers, are more
popular than ever.
Delicate pale green stationery,
stamped in gold or silver, is one of
the present fashions.
Picturesque dresses of chiffon-cre
pon show a sheer black guaze, held in
full waves on a black net ground.
Ribbons come in all colors, and
often show brocade and lace-like
patterns. They are of velvet, silk and
satin.
, The material known as drill will b3
more popular than ever. It comes
now stamped with a variety of bright
and beautiful designs.
Leghorn flats occupy a prominent
place in fashion's realm, as do the nu
merous fancy white braids that are to
be seen at every hand.
Black crepons and grenadines have
in a large degree usurped black lace
One of the daintiest ribbon produc
tions of the season is the narrow satin
stripe alternating with fine Valen
ciennes lace insertion and edging.
Though wide and flaring at its cir
calar edge, the fashionable caipe, of
whatever material, fits the neck and
shoulders as perfectly as a bodice.
Some of tie prettiest waists are
made of cream-white embroidered ba
tiste, after the same models which are
used for silk and more expensive ma
terials.
For full-dress occasions the half-low
bodice is encircled with a wreath of
artificial blooms. This wreath usu
ally, but not necessarily, heals a fllI
of rich lace.
Some of the prettiest black gowns
are of sheer materials. Black mulls
and organdies are in special demand,
trimmed with black thread lace or
pointe d'esprit.
Pure undyed silk with a weave re
sembling canvas and rather coarse ic
texture is called Arabian silk. It 12
used for tailor suits for morning an'd
traveling wear.
Striped crepons are very fashion
able. Many of the silk .and satin
crepons show flowered grounds ant
lace stripes. These goods are mad'
up over taffeta silk.
Black and white is more fashionabk
than it has ever been before. Blaci
md white light-weight silks, verj
narrowly striped, are among the sea
son's most popular fabrics.
Black lace, embroidered with rea
straw, is now used for trimming hat
and bonnets. These embroideries
which give the impression of pale gol
color, are extremely effective.
This is a season of box-plaits. The
are often made of passementerie an
of rows of overlapping rib~bon, whic
begin on the shoulder, cross the bus
diagonally and end at the waist-line
Slender-waisted women and girl
may wear ribbon belts fastened witl
silver buckles, and finisheol with long~
streaming ends, but stout women mu:
beware of such garniture, fashiondul
though it may be.
Several attempts have been made t
lessen the size of the sleeves. Po
sibly they may become suddenly iih
It would be a pity, for puated steert
when not exaggerated give mue
elegance to the figure.
Tailor-made suits of whits an
pearl-gray satin-faced alpaca at
pique are included in very smart war
robes. They are made with sho
natty jackets and full skirts fittir
tightly around the hips.
Travelhng gowns of mohair are b
ing made with the fullness of the ski
carried over each bip in a series'
very fine pleats, stitched down fu t
and visibly. With many of the
skirts is worn a short cape, instead
a jcket or blazer.
Crepele will be very fashionabi
Seie of them are extremely variegate
and original. 'The shades most wo:
are mordore, violet prelat, blue gra:
V-ntian red, emerald and viohiu
The same fabrics are made in silk at
the weft of some bright color in woc
This produces a transparent and vel
pretty effect. White crepons ,w1
suots or stripes and fan'iy patterns a
als extremely pretty.
Where Two Slates Meet
Twenty miles-east of Truckee, CoI.,
e and less than 100 feet to the north of
3 the railroad track is an iron monn
I ment, which marks the boundary I ino
e between California and Nevada. Tho
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MoNUMENT EBECTED BY UNITED STATES BE
TwEEN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA.
monument is on the top of a knoll and
can be plainly seen from the car win
do ws, so that travelers who know what
it is may know the moment in which
they pass from one State into the
other.
This monument was placed where it
is in 1873, the year of the first, Gov
ernment survey. It is of cast iron,
about six feet highb, twelve inches
square at the base and six inchaes at
the. top. In shape it is like an Egypt
ian ob elish. On one side in raised
let ters is the word "California;" on,
the other, "Nevada." On the side~
next the railroad track it says: "11872.
Longitude 120 deg. west of Green
wich. A. W. von Schmidt, U. S. as
tronomer and turveyor." On the op
posite side it says: "Oregon, 174
miles and forty-four chainis."
Milea;-e of the Bloods (irculation.
The mileage of the blood circulation
reveals some astounding facts in our
personal history. Thus it has been
calculated that, assuming the heart to
beat sixty-nine timaes a minute at ordi
nary heart pressure, the blood goes at
the rate of 207 yards in the minute, or
man of eighty-four years of age could
have one single blood corpuscle float
ing in his blood all his life, it would
have traveled in that same time 5, 159,
808 miles.-Boston Cultivator,
A Giant Alligator.
A giant alligator, measuring four
teen and one-half feet long, eight feet
around the body, and with a head
three feet long, was killed in the
St. John's River, near Fort George,
Fla., recently. The alligator has been
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YOUNG GARFIELD.
Son'of the Late President to Entet
Politics.
i The nomination for State Senator
of James R. Garfield, son of the
inurdered President, has aroused a
great deal of political interest In
Ohio. He is a candidate from the
Portage Summitt District, compris
ing the same counties which in
1859 elected his father In the same
position.
The late James A. Garfield was 28
years old when chosen, and had been
married to Lucretia Rudolph but
one year. James R. Garfield is nom
inated at the same age, and he, too,
has been married but little more
than a year.
Another coincidence is that the
JAMEs A. GARFIELD,
(the late President)
As State Senator in 1859.
nomination came to the younger.Gar
field on July 2, anniversary of the date
on which his father, fourteen years
ago, was shot down by Gulteau. There
is however, no coincidence in the
financial condition of the father and
son at the time of their respective
nominations, The "Jim" Garfield of
1859 was poor. His wife was poor
also, but both were well educated,
and both brave in the battle of life.
The "Jim" Garfield who is enter
ng politics in 1895 is really a rich
inan. The generosity of the nation
iode his mother one of the richest
women of the Western Reserve, and
young "Jim" married the daughter
Young "Jim" is also a graduate. of
the Columbia Law School, though he
was admitted by examination to
practice before the Supreme Court
of Ohio.
JAMtEs R. GARFIELD,
(the son)
As State Senater in 1895.
There will be no doubt of his elec
ton. amnd from now on there will be
anoter " .Jim " Garfield in the poll
tis of Ohio. Hie is a young man of
ambitious tendencies and is very
proud of his father's name.
Hie wishes to stand on his own
mrits and not to be held up for
popular esteemn simply becauee lie is
the son of his father. It is no secret
that his ambition is to acquire legis
lative experience in the Ohio Senate,
ani then to take his father's old
place in Congress from the same old
Nineteenth D)istrict that gave Gld
dings, Wade and Garfield to the na
tion. __ _ _ _ _
Tattooed Snakes.
The sailors of the Gulf of Mexico
and the eqiuatorial regions of the At
tantic Ocean amuse themselves, and
also turn an occasional honest penny,
Isays the Cincinnati Enquirer, by
capturing both large and small
snakes of the variety known as the
lemon boa and covering their bodies
with tattooed letters and designs.
One of these living manuscripts was
recently exhibited at Egyptian Ball,
London, which had the whole of the
third chiapter of Genesis and some
pieces from Punch tattooed upon his
back in indelible letters of various
colors. Thousands of these tattooed
snakes are annually aisposed of at
Rio de Janeiro. The buyers geu'er
ally kill t hese snakes and either skin
them or preserve the entire reptile
in alcohol. Such . specimens are
highly prized by both European and
North American collectors of curl
osities.
Better Than Ice.
The latest device for the conve
nience of housekeepers is a Chicago
s~hemne to furnish refrigeration to
dwellings by a piping system that
shall give to all subscribers cold
cl.sets withountf the use of ice.